Susan Morse
The report raises questions of whether Medicare Advantage plans inappropriately deny claims to increase profits.
The sale will be completed by the end of the year but is contingent upon the closing of its merger with CVS Health.
The Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act and the Know the Lowest Price Act are expected to get President Trump's signature.
Two areas for financial hope are being paid for telehealth and better data sharing in a rule on health information blocking.
Rule threatens the stability of hospitals which will face more uncompensated care costs, says America's Essential Hospitals.
Patients would be steered away from their physicians, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons said in letter to AG Jeff Sessions.
UnitedHealth plans to update its provider directories to show its beneficiaries those hospitals that use non-participating hospital-based physicians
AARP says "Part D bailout" would be a windfall for big pharma; PhRMA counters that proposed changes would undermine Part D's structure.
Association calls on healthcare to more effectively share date and give clinicians the tools they need to improve care.
NCQA uses HEDIS scores to rate plans, a performance measure used by more than 90 percent of health insurers.